Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 28 March 2017.
Well, officials are in discussions, but our preferred position is that we should take over the running of both the bridges—take control of the tolls. Before we do that we would have to have a robust understanding of what the condition and upkeep costs of those two bridges are. The figures we’ve had vary wildly. That would need to be nailed down—almost literally, I hope—but we’d need to understand what they are, and our view is we should control the tolls. I don’t understand the resistance of the UK Government in this. I don’t understand why they feel that a bridge that is, at the end of day, a bridge that is the main entrance to Wales should not be controlled from Wales.